Jan Ullrich...
Hey guys... it's Joker. I trust that everyone is doing well and all have been riding in the blistering heatwaves across America. Keep hydrated!
I'm still in Germany but should be home soon. My plans to head to Luxumbourg for the start of the tour have been cancelled due to lack of funds. (Damn gifts for family!!) But there has been a bit of interesting news in the papers and Eurosport television here in Germany. Jan Ullrich has failed a doping test. Test A was non-negative and it's likely that test B will come as positive as well. They're saying it's an amphetamine (sp?) of some sort. I'm watching German tv and trying to read German papers with a english to german dictionary... so forgive me if I screw this all up. It's huge news here. All over the tv and on the front page of all the papers. It came out a few days ago. On tv last night they were talking about it and showing a poster of all the known different kinds of ecstasy. I don't know if they're accusing him of that or if it's unrelated. I'm just telling you what I saw. I Hope they'll cover something of it on the coverage of tomorrows start. I was lucky enough to catch the end of some track racing on Eurosport as well. Eurosport is similar to OLN... without all the fishing crap.
I've ducked into a few shops here but nothing to write home about. Though the prices in comparrison to home are incredible. A Bianchi EV4 with full Mirage for $1400!!! That's a freakin' deal! There were many others. I had to refrain from buying a bike due to buying that mountain bike. The wife would kick me in the shins for sure.
I should be home soon but I just wanted to relay the info while I had a connection to the internet and some time. The weather here sucks!!!! It's been raining since I got here and really cold. Real cold. Wack. The painting has been real slow but I've got a few pieces running. I did this piece together with Vane from Australia that came out kinda cool... if you're into abstract stuff. Vitche from Sao Paulo is by far the freshest writer I've met. So humble and sooooo good.
Take care all and I'll talk with you again soon.
